live from day to day
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"We live from day to day," he explains, returning to his counter.
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Whiteford began to live from day to day.
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He had enough to do to live from day to day, and had no use for a long memory.
From The Light That Lures by Brebner, Percy James
Lord, help me live from day to day, In such a self-forgetful way, That even when I kneel to pray, My prayer shall be for—others.
From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver
They know how to be happy, how to live from day to day, in godlike indifference to what may come next.
From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Chidley, Howard J. (Howard James)
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